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Summary

Artist

Engraved by

William Howison (1798–1850)
Alternative names	William Howieson
Description	British engraver Scottish engraver
Date of birth/death	1798	1850
Authority file	: Q18672841 VIAF: 19608678 ISNI: 0000000066861752 ULAN: 500012310 LCCN: nr2001039244 Oxford Dict.: 13994 WorldCat

after a painting of uknown authorship

Description

English: Engraving of Hector Böece (sic)

Date

before 1850

Medium

stipple engraving

Dimensions

height: 133.30 mm (5.24 in); width: 107.90 mm (4.24 in)

References

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/25214/hector-boece-1465-1536-scottish-historian-possibly-early-mid-19th-century

https://art.famsf.org/william-howison/hector-boece-195545661

Source/Photographer

Page 10 of File:A_biographical_dictionary_of_eminent_Scotsmen,_vol_2.djvu

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